·gTh,ordtr .!{uterllt, Flffr, I M",6·l!· ur: 'The thlng rt.. Jttrta to,or th 0\j.tl. '<._u~ {tufu1fl, l'f,l.>+·•·. { Of tha RE suR RE c T 1 o N. Sermon 8. By this time, we know, what it is to feeke, and what to fetourmindes. But inth mar01alling thefe,there is fomewhar,rhat qu.trite is called on firft. 1. Tot~ach use that itisth~ firft thing,we areto have care of 1 G_hriflsprim:lm qu11rite ~akesqu£rite' to beprtm'""' to ftand firft. That we then doe ltthe· honour, tomake lt our ftrfl aC!' our rijingwtth Htm, at thlsfeafl, the rijingoftheyeare; and onthlsfea.ft, imhemo/ ning,therifingoftheday. For,rhenlkrofe. ~ z It is fidbcalled on, becaufe.(to fay truth) thereismoren~edof diligence, in this bulineife,thanought elfe. Alwa1es,we have more adoe, to qUicken thea.ffil1ion, than w enforme thejt~dgement. And that did they, thi~ day, know: whofought, before theyhadl:ght, whtle itwMyetdark. So much did they know, diligencetoimporr in this bufineife. The.greatell: defeCl: is in thatpoint .: therefore it aecd~ tirft to be ur: ged. For, though we fee, yet weiit frill andjeekenot~ " Anci now ro the 8l>jeC1. Of{eekingwe iliall footle agree: Genewio q:urentiamwe are all (f.1ith the Pfalme: ) evenageneration offearchers. Somewhat weare(e.rc/;int after frill. Our wants,or our wanton deftres findcus feekmg-workenough all ourJives long. What rh<n iliall wefeeke, or where~ . He (faith the Apofile) that will thus beftow hispaines, let it be; where~ Above.' Oti what~ The thingsthere: ~"fur[t~tnhe repeats in both; eels it us twiceova: ' ~"'furfum qu.trite ; 1"" Jt~rfum(apite. ...Above it muftbe. And, ofth1s alfo, we iliall not nrie with Him,but be ealily enough entreatedto it. We yeeld prefenrly (in our fenfe) ro(eeketo be above others, in favour, honout Iurlg.g.•S· place and yower, and whatnot~ Wekeepe the Textfullyinthisfenfe: weboth · feeke, andjeto"rwhole mindes upon this. t.AltumfapimH< omnes; all wouldbe abD'Dt, B"ramhleand all, and nothing is roohigh for us. . Ir is true, here; for on earth, there is a Sur[t1m, abo'!Jt: therebe-highplaces, we would not have them taken away ; we would offer in them, andsjfir for them tOo, for a need. And, thereisaright hat~dhere too, and fomefit ar it ; and almofinone, but thinkes fo well of himfelfe, as why not he ~ Our Sa vI o ua CH a I sr, Matth.so.>J. when it was phanlied, that He iliould havebeeneagreat Kinguponearrh, rhere - -- · "was fuin~firaighr, for His right hand-place. - Nm;fomuch as Good-wife ze6e· deestwo fonnes (that [melt ofthefjher-bote) bur, meanes was madeforthem, to fit there. . Bur, all this while, we are wide. For, where is all this~ Here, upon earth.' All our above,is above one another,here; and is Ambiti~ns abO'TJe; and further it moun– reth not. But; rhis isnot the v1poftles; not theabBve, nor,theright ha11d, he mea• ncth, No: notCH 1. r s T s right hand upon earth: bur; thatrighth.tnd,Hee fit ut, Himfelfe, in Heaven; The ...Apoftlefaw clrerely, wewould errc this error: therefore,to take away (as he goes) all mifiaking;he explaines his above,rwo wayes. I. Privative : Non qu.. {upraterram, Heareyou, not upon earth: His Above,is not here, upon earth. Tliisis, wherenotl z. Then pofitive: tocleereitfromaU doubt,where; he poimsustothe place it felfe,above,rhereatlove,where CH • Is r is (rhatis)not Dn earth : Earth is the place, whence He is rifew. TheAngels tell us, Luk., 4 . 6 • nonefthie ; feeke Him not here now, but inrhe place, whirher He is gone, rhere flek' Him; In heaven. Heaven is a great circle; where,inheavm i' In the chiefell place: there where G o o fits,and C H a t s T at Hisright hand. That place feeke: there Jet y011r minds. . . • • _ So that, uponthe matter;the fault he fi:ndes,rhe fault of our [above]1s; tns,nol above enough: It is roolow, iris.not fohigh, asiriliouldqe. Iriliouldbehtgher, above the hills; higher yer, dbove the clouds; higher yer, higHenh;m our eye canc;u-~ ry, above the heavens. There now, we arc right.. J\.n4
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